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Video: Secretary of State Brunner On CNN About Her Receipt Today Of JFK Profile In Courage Award
COLUMBUS -- What do John McCain, Gerald Ford, the Peacemakers of Northern Ireland and Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner have in common?

Secretary Brunner will join the three former as recipients of John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage awards, which recognize elected public servants for "conscientious and courageous acts ... and to encourage elected officials to choose principles over partisanship -- to do what is right, rather than what is expedient."

The awards will be presented at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston to Brunner, California Secretary of State Debra Browen and former Mississippi Gov. William Winter.

Brunner is being recognized for spearheading a study of the state's new electronic voting systems and her subsequent efforts to ensure Ohio's elections and citizens' voting rights were secure.

Read the first in a two-part interview with Secretary Brunner in the Ashland Times Gazette

Secretary Brunner says winning the award is humbling.

"You do what you do in public service because that's what you believe in, and it's the right thing to do, and it's icing on the cake when you're recognized for it."

Secretary of State Brunner was interviewed this morning on CNN.

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